Philipp Censkowsky
Philipp Censkowsky is a PhD candidate at HEC Lausanne, Switzerland, and a research associate with Perspectives. He has a background in research and public sector advisory from the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK) and the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ).
Philipp has worked extensively on NDCs and climate finance, with a specialisation in aligning export credit agencies (ECAs) with the Paris Agreement.
More broadly, he is interested in designing policies for a financial system that respects absolute planetary limits. Philipp is a member of the Think 7 Task Force on Climate and Environment.
Areas of expertise
Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs)
Climate Finance
Export Credit Agencies
Selected publications
Overcoming carbon lock-in: Rethinking Export Finance and Investment Law in Africa’s Energy Landscape · 2025 Quantifying the shift of public export finance from fossil fuels to renewable energy · 2025 Paris Alignment of Export Credit Agencies: Best Practice Guide · 2024 Paris Alignment of Export Credit Agencies: Sweden · 2024 Paris Alignment of Export Credit Agencies: France (Bpifrance Assurance Export) · 2023 Paris Alignment of Export Credit Agencies: Italy (SACE) · 2023
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